Spring toggle



Feb. 16, 1932. w. A: HUBENER' 1,845,275

SPRING TO-GGLE Filed Feb. 7, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 CEM law @m' INVENTORATTORNEY w. HUBENER SPRING TOGGLE Feb. 16, 1932.

Filed Feb. '7, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR ATTORNEY the arrows.

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Patented Feb. 16, 1932 WILLIAM A. HUBENER; joF ,1 I nw"Yo1tK; 1v.Y.;assrenon fro H NRY B nswnetnoqaf,

roR r oN. on eanwoon nnw .rmnsnsan CORPORATION oFmiw JERsEY enemaApplieationf filed February 7,19301 Serial lid. 42659815 My inventionrel-ates; to; a. new and improved; spring toggle, to secure objects to;walls, ceilings, or other supports, where it is impossible, or notfeasible,*toi get behind the support to manually apply anut or otherfastening. member tothe bolt supporting the work.

a My invention further; relates to certain combinations,sub-combinations, and "articlesof; manufacture as will be'more fullyhereinafter described and pointed out in the' In the. accompanying;drawings. I have shown an illustrative embodiment ot my ineveralfigures.

ence numerals refer tosimilanpgrts in the Fig. L is a side elevation;

Fig. 2 is a. sectional view,1on--line 2, 20f Fig. 1, looking in thedirection ot'the arrows, the wingsand nut being shown in front elei l Ij inpractioe,makesa hole%%ths l11Ql11lI1, dla111- Fig. 3: is. atragmentaryvertical section,"

vat-ion.

on line 3, 30f Fig. 1, on an enlarged scale, the

nut and engaging hooks! beinghown; in rear elevation. Y Fig... 4 is a.verticalsection through a support, illustrating: the. spring toggle. b iplaced inposition. l I Fig. 5 is a horizontal; section, on line 5, 5 ofFig. 4,. looking down'in'. the direction of,

enlarged scale. I

Fig. 7 is a detail view of the spring wings, illustrating the first stepin applying the wing to the nut or supporting member.

Fig. 8 is a detail view, similar to. Fig. 7, showing the next step inapplying the wing to the nut or supporting member.

Fig. 9 is a detail perspective View of one form of nut which may beemployed.

Fig. 10 is a plan view of one of the spring wings.

Fig. 11 is a rear elevation of the wing of Fig. 10.

similar actuating members.

ofthe nut and one w s-e l-l\ y improved spring toggle is of few parts,and. can be. quickly, and. easily ,assembleda. No. spring, or springs,otherthan the spri-ng' wingsthemselves, are employed. The wing.supporting member, in the for1n;of a,nut,.is: tormed ot a stamping ofordinary fiatfmetal, P p y Pun h t eq ri 9 w i shaping or othermanipulationtoform eleis a. side elevation one of the vations. or-depressions,. orother inclined surfaces, channels, or domes acting ,as.wed'geor Further, "for a spring toggle eta given; holding power, itreq,llires a smaller ho le than anyprior to my invention.. fThisi's-veigy important when it; is considered that the holes: have to be;.drilled, and that the larger the hole'more diflieult it is'to, drillzit,and more i it l ;i i1 ng..or.

er support. i s

. For e ample,one-si-ze ofmy spring toggle; requires but a. ths EHCllhole, actualsizeand not a holemade with a id1Si1lCl1ClIIllWlllCll,

eter. Thisminimum size hole applies to all: sizes of: myspringtoggla-the size ingsimply by way ofexample. In. the particularform. of spring toggle, shown by Way. ofexa-mple, l is a flat stamp-=ing formed of sheet metal .of'the required; thickness.- At v the sametime 7 that it" is stamped, or subsequently,it is providedwith v anaxialbore 2 Fig.9, and .with open holes 3.

. aud t connectedwiththeaxial bore2by' the connecting slots 5, Atthesametime, or; subsequently, the flat stamping 1 is provided with twoclosed. holes 6 and 7. I The closed holefiisadjacent theopeILholefLbutisnot,

in lthis form, connected; with .thej-axial bone- 2. The closedhole islocated adjacent the. open hole 3 but. is not connected. with the axialbore'2. p e

The fiat stamping 1 isv then-tapped. to form.- the female. screw threads8, thereby making theflat;stampingthe-nut 1.- 1 ,Thewings 9-areformed:of. spring: wirebentgback. on itself, the endsof the wirebeing bentinward slightly.at; 1'.0, 10,1-t-he Very j ends, being, bent inwardtowards.- eaoh. other;

at 12, 12. The bent portions'12, 12 form hooks to permit the attachingof the wings to the nut 1.

To secure one of the spring wings 9 to the Wing supporting member ornut, one of its hooks is passed through one of the closed holes, as forexample 7, Fig. 7. Then the other arm of the spring wing 9 is bent up soas to. permit the other hook .12 of the spring wing to be broughtabovethe nut 1, and ma in the closed hole 6 and the open hole 3. in

' a similar manner.

The ends of the different hooks will then be located on the rear of thewing supporting member or nut 1, Figs. 1, 3,4,5and6; T To support thework,qas for example a bracket 14:, on the face 15 of the wall or othersuitable support 16, the bolt 13 is passed throughthe hole 17 in thebracket and then screwed into th'enut 1. Fig. 1 shows this position ofthe parts, with the exception of the bracket.

The fingers of the operator are then employed to press down on the twowings 9,9 and rockthem toward each other and ad acent the bolt 13. Inpressing the wings down the bent.

portions 10,10 of'each spring wing are caused to move within therespective holes 7 4: and

3 slightly tothe'rear. This causes the sides 21,21 of the spring wingsto approach each i other due to the action of the incline of bent riorand usually inaccessible surface 19 of the wall or support 16.

The moment that these ends 18, 18 are released from the hole 20, thetension in the wings will causethem to spring out into their extendedposition, Fig. 1, permitting the bolt 13 to be screwed home in the wingsupporting member or nut 1 and firmly support the'work 14 on the support16. At the same time that the wings 9, 9 fly out into their normal,POST". tion the hooks on each. wing. separate, due to the side members21, 21 assuming their nor mal position, andseverally engagewith, and

lock the male screw threads 22 on the bolt 13, see dotted lines in Fig.2 and in full lines in Fig. 3. It'is, therefore, clear that the harderthe bolt 13 is screwed home the harder the ends or hooks 12, 12 willengage with the.

male threads 22 of the bolt 13 and form locks, which will prevent thebolt 13 working loose in the nut 1, due to vibration of adapted to hemeans; 1 a a 6. A new article of manufacture com prising a spring toggleformed of integral the work 14 or from other cause. This insures thatthe work will always be held firmly against the surface 15 of thesupport 16.

Having thus described this invention in connection with an illustrativeembodiment thereof, to the details of which I do not de sire to belimited, what is claimed as new and what is desired to secure by LettersPatent is set forth in the. appendedclaims.

What I claim is': I

1. 'The combination in a toggle bolt of a wing supporting member, wingscarried by the member, a bolt, and means to lock the 'memberin itsadjustedposition on the bolt.

2. The combination in a toggle of a wing supporting member, wingscarried by the member, a bolt,'a lock gaging said bolt; 7

8. The combination in a toggle of a-wing supporting member, wingscarried by the member, a bolt and a lock actuated by the wings.

4. The combination in a toggle, of a nut, wings carried bythe nut, alockforming a part ofeach wing, and abolt with which the locks carried bythe wings co-operate.

' 5. The combination in a spring toggle, of

a nut, a plurality of spring wings each provided with locking meanscarried by the nut,

and a bolt the screw threads of which are locked by the said 'lo'ckingspring wings adapted to directly contact with the rear surface of a wallor other support, a supporting memberfor said spring wings provided withmeans to co-operate'with a bolt, and a bolt, said integral spring wingsbeing provided with means to cooperate with and lock the bolt in anyadjusted position.

7. A new article of manufacture compria ing a fiat wing supportingmemberstamped from sheet metal and provided with an axial bore having screwthreads and with two opposed open holes connected with the axial bore byslots, and provided with two additional closed opposed holes notconnected with the axial bore, to permit the two ends'of a spring wingto engage one end in an 'open hole and the other end in a closed hole. 4

WILLIAM A. HUBENER.

carried by the wing en-.

